Thursday, June 25, 2015

Government Sex Secrets Stolen By Hackers

It would appear that the government hacking scandal goes even deeper than initially anticipated...

(Daily Beast) It was already being described as the worst hack of the U.S.
government in history. And it just got much worse.

A senior U.S. official has confirmed that foreign hackers compromised the
intimate personal details of an untold number of government workers. Likely
included in the hackers’ haul: information about workers’ sexual partners, drug
and alcohol abuse, debts, gambling compulsions, marital troubles, and any
criminal activity.

Those details, which are now presumed to be in the hands of Chinese spies, are
found in the so-called “adjudication information” that U.S. investigators
compile on government employees and contractors who are applying for security
clearances.

The exposure suggests that the massive computer breach at the Office of
Personnel Management is more significant and potentially damaging to national
security than officials have previously said...